Have you never heard of the World Wide Web

Another for the phone box and it's red as well, some
of the ones still in use have been painted green which usually
means council maintained and not BT

I tried a lot of Sony mikes with DAT recorders years ago,
but unless you paid serious money they weren't really all
that good. A lot of people used to buy Panasonic modules
and make their own.

There was a UK seller on ebay who used to make some really good
mikes for about £10 a time which beat all the Sony ones under
£100 especially for power output. I can't remember the name
and can't see any of the same models on ebay, but it could
have been this seller...... Don't let the price put you off
the modules are cheap and the big boys charge for the casing.

There are a few videos testing Micronic mikes on
Youtube such as this one.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpXKt6epLMU

or this.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqgx9EqZcbw

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Cyberlink Powerdirector Ultimate v11 is the one topping
all the lists at present. I've never used it so I don't
know how compatible it is.

http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/

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That's good to hear. It's a pity he didn't tell you
what (if anything) was wrong.

It should be sharper than the 2 pics you've posted, but
at least it's not suffering from flare. It's better to use
a lens hood to get slightly better contrast.

Excellent lens especially at the price you paid.

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There seems to be something odd with the Kenko TC's
even among the same models some work with the DA*300mm
some don't. They all nearly all seem to work with the
Sigma 150-500mm, but they do vary with regards to how
well they work.

None of the the Kenko 2x's I've tried have worked with SDM.

That's the man

Your Porst is the same as my Porst and I've just looked at
a Ricoh 50mm f/1.4 and that works the same as the Porst.
Only the Pentax lens has an aperture lever that moves as
you move the aperture ring... so I don't think that's the
fault the lever starts from the f22 position.

As a quick check put the lens at f2.8 and see if there is
about 3-6mm of free movement on the lever before it
engages and opens the aperture to f1.2

My lever sticks up 6.54mm

Perhaps someone can supply you with the address of a
Pentax lens repairman?..... I seem to remember someone
called Alan ? but haven't got his details.

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Have a look through this thread and see if anyone else
has had the same problem. I'm sure its the same lens.

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There's only the aperture lever that communicates with
the camera nothing else.

Is this the one that sold for £131? If it is I would
keep it and just use it wide open and see if it rectifies
itself. It's worth at least £100 more than that and it
wouldn't cost that much to get it serviced.

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